For today, links to 14 reports: from National Public Radio, Middle East Eye, the Associated Press, Agence France-Presse, Reuters, and Middle East Monitor; others are accessible by clicking on their names or initials below. (UKRAINE entry for this date is HERE.) — MCM
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Israel kills Hezbollah’s leader of 32 years in an airstrike. Reported by Jane Arraf, Scott Simon and Daniel Estrin | NPR The Israeli military says it has killed the leader of Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant group in Lebanon, in a series of airstrikes. We’ll have analysis from Lebanon and Israel. Click HERE to listen and, later, read. Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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After Israel kills Hezbollah leader, fears of a regional war grow. Scott Simon of NPR talks with Randa Slim, an expert in Middle East diplomacy, about fears of a wider war in the region now that Israel says it has killed the leader of Hezbollah in Lebanon. Click HERE to listen and, later, read.
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Hezbollah confirms its leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike, by Bassem Mroue and Melanie Lidman | AP BEIRUT — Lebanon’s Hezbollah group today confirmed that its leader and one of its founders, Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Beirut the previous day. A statement said Nasrallah “has joined his fellow martyrs.” Hezbollah vowed . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for article from NPR, and HERE for report from AFP.
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U.S. orders dipomats’ families to leave Lebanon: State Dept. From AFP. The U.S. State Department today ordered the families of embassy personnel in Beirut to leave the country and authorized the departure of some staff, as the Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalates. The department said that “due to the increased volatility . . . READ MORE . . .
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Iran’s Khamenei urges Muslim countries to boycott Israel. From Reuters. DUBAI — Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei today called on Muslim states to cease oil and food exports to Israel, demanding an end to its bombardment of the Gaza Strip, state media reported. “The bombings on Gaza must stop immediately . . . the path of oil and food exports to . . . READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from Middle East Eye.
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Iraq announces 3 days of mourning for Nasrallah. From Middle East Monitor. Iraq today announced three days of mourning after Israel killed Hezbollah’s General-Secretary Hassan Nasrallah. The office of Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani made the announcement after . . . READ MORE . . .
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FROM SEPT. 27 Israeli airstrikes rock Beirut, target Hezbollah command, by Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry and Emily Rose | Reuters BEIRUT / JERUSALEM — The Israeli military told residents in parts of Beirut’s southern suburbs to evacuate late on Friday, after strikes that it said had targeted Hezbollah’s central headquarters and with no word hours later from the group on the fate of their head Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah. READ MORE . . . Click HERE for report from AP.
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FROM SEPT. 27 Netanyahu says no cease-fire, but other countries keep asking, by Jennifer Peltz and Edith M. Lederer | AP UNITED NATIONS — After a day filled with hopes of a cease-fire between Lebanon and Israel, the U.N. General Assembly meeting Friday was a harsh reality check. Israeli Prime Minister . . . READ MORE . . .